All Premier Christianity articles in August 2014
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Archive news
World Cup advert is ‘offensive’, says EA
The Evangelical Alliance (EA) has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority over what it claims is the ‘virtual disfigurement’ of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue in a gambling advertisement.
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Archive newsNews Analysis: Iraq in crisis
Christians and Shia Muslims face extreme danger in war-torn Iraq.
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Archive newsArchbishop of York urges government to pay a living wage
The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev John Sentamu, has called on the government to cut the number of low-paid workers by one million.
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Archive news‘I was an atheist,’ says jailed Christian rocker
A former singer in a leading US Christian metal band has claimed that, like him, many ‘Christian’ bands are made up of people who have lost their religious beliefs.
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Archive newsFresh fears for death row baby
Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who gave birth to her second child in prison after refusing to renounce her Christian faith, claims that her baby may have become disabled as a result.
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Archive news
Christianity Explored courses to be run in prisons worldwide
Christianity Explored Ministries (CEM), the evangelistic course pioneered by Rico Tice, has announced a partnership with Prison Fellowship International (PFI) that will see it play a major part in prisons work throughout the world.
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Archive newsChurch decline slowed by Fresh Expressions and immigrant Christians
Fresh Expressions of Church and large numbers of immigrant Christians have helped to slow the decline in British churchgoing, according to figures from statistician Dr Peter Brierley.
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Magazine FeaturesOne hundred years later
They called it ‘the war to end all wars’. But they were wrong. As Europe marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we still live in a world racked by political, religious and national conflict.
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Archive content‘How can we exclude members of the Body of Christ just because they can't understand a 30-minute sermon?'
Church services are typically inaccessible for those with severe learning disabilities. Sarah Lothian discovers a ministry successfully reversing this trend.
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Archive contentBaroness Caroline Cox
Justin Brierley meets the courageous Christian peer often described as ‘a voice for the voiceless’.
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Archive contentThe Apologist: Can atheism be 'tried on' for size?
Amy Orr-Ewing assesses whether belief can be treated like a pair of trousers that no longer fit – and what to do when doubt strikes.
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Archive contentBetter the Devil you know
David Instone-Brewer explores Jesus’ teaching on someone we all-too-readily overlook: the Devil
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Archive contentWill the last Christian in Iraq turn out the lights?
Iraqi Christians find themselves caught without tribal identity and identified with US ‘oppressors’. As fresh conflict engulfs the country, Robert Ewan tells the story of one Christian community, the decimation of which has gone almost unnoticed.
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InterviewsQ & A: David Suchet
Since he finished playing that famous Belgian detective, David Suchet has had time for some interesting projects, including spending more than 200 hours recording an audiobook of the entire Bible. Premier Youthwork’s Jamie Cutteridge found out what prompted this act of devotion.
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Archive contentGod's wonder drug
Feeling permanently tired? Adrian Reynolds investigates why both scientific research and the Bible show that sleep isn’t a waste of our time.
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Archive contentThe Sceptic: Why I've given up God for a year
Former pastor Ryan J Bell is becoming an atheist...for a year. Justin Brierley finds out what led to his unusual experiment.
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Archive contentAt least...
My friend lost a child. It wasn’t after a long illness and there was no chance to say goodbye or to whisper a final ‘I love you’. It was a car accident that took just 30 seconds from beginning to end, and changed the lives of a family forever.
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Reviews
Abortion: Breaking the Silence in the Church
One-third of British women will have an abortion. Some of these will be Christians, including church leaders and their children.
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ReviewsDance Again
This live worship album is the latest offering from LIFE Church, Bradford. The title song was inspired by an ME victim’s struggle to regain health through her conviction that faith would bring healing.
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Against The Odds: True Stories of Forgiveness and Healing
This book tells eight testimonies of forgiveness shared by a victim of violent rape, a concentration camp detainee and someone made blind, as well as those writing on the simple, daily forgiveness that we all need to offer.
